Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days are full of pains, and vexation is [mingled with] his employment: yea, even in the night his heart taketh not rest. Also this is vanity.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

In Context

22For what doth a man obtain of all his toil, and of the torture of his heart, wherewith he toileth under the sun?

24It is not a good thing [inherent] in man that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy happiness for his toil. Also this have I seen, that it cometh out of the hand of God.

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Cross References

Esther 6:1In that night sleep fled from the king, and he ordered to bring in the book of the memorable events of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

Job 7:13For should I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall help me bear my complaint:

Psalms 6:6(6:7) I am weary with my sighing; I flood every night my bed; With my tears I moisten my couch.

Psalms 77:2(77:3) On the day of my distress I sought the Lord; in the night my hand was stretched out, and did not cease: my soul refused to be comforted.

Psalms 90:15Cause us to rejoice as many days as those wherein thou hast afflicted us, the years wherein we have seen unhappiness.

Ecclesiastes 1:18For where there is much wisdom there is much vexation: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth pain.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:18-26

Sources of Dissatisfaction; The Cheerful Use of Abundance. 17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also… Read the whole commentary →

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